Genesis 3:17
3:17 But to Adam he said,
“Because you obeyed your wife
and ate from the tree about which I commanded you,
‘You must not eat from it,’
cursed is the ground thanks to you;
in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:22
3:22 And the
Lord God said, “Now
that the man has become like one of us,
knowing
good and evil, he must not be allowed
to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”
Genesis 23:6
23:6 “Listen, sir,
you are a mighty prince
among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you
from burying your dead.”
Genesis 48:19
48:19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”